Kristie Lu Stout is an anchor and correspondent for CNN, based in Hong Kong.

She reports from the newsroom and in the field on major news stories including US-China relations, the rise of AI, and the aftermath of extreme climate events in the region. A multi-platform journalist since she joined the network in 2001, Kristie reports for CNN for an ever-widening array of platforms including linear TV, digital, streaming, and social media.

Kristie also hosts feature programs for CNN including Tech for Good, a series on the transformative power of technology, and Marketplace Asia, CNN’s monthly business program.

Based in China for over two decades, Kristie maintains a focus on how developments in China are dramatically changing the world for all of us. From anchoring CNN’s groundbreaking Eye on China series in 2004 to covering the US-China trade war, she has remained committed to reporting on the country. Kristie was also instrumental in launching On China, CNN’s first-ever regular series focused on the country – a first by any international TV news network.

Kristie also plays an active role in promoting the CNN Freedom Project, the network’s award-winning initiative focused on reporting stories of modern-day slavery, including student outreach in Hong Kong and across Asia as part of #MyFreedomDay. She is also proud to be part of CNN’s Call to Earth Day – a global initiative to engage students on the need for urgent action against climate change and pollution.

Since 2022, Kristie has anchored CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live special from Asia with special appearances from K-pop supergroup NCT-127 and “King of Mandopop” Jay Chou among other top talent from across the region.

Over the years, her work has been nominated for multiple categories at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards. In 2025, she and her CNN-Asia colleagues received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Breaking News Coverage for reporting “South Korea Declares Martial Law.” In 2020, she was awarded Best Continuing News Reporting for TV and Video by the Association for International Broadcasting for team coverage of the 2019 Hong Kong Protests. In 2018, Kristie was awarded Best News or Current Affairs Presenter at the Asian Academy Creative Awards. Other accolades include multiple honors from the Asia Television Awards and Best News Coverage from the Royal Television Society for her reporting on Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Kristie started her career in journalism in San Francisco at WIRED magazine’s online division. She has written on technology for various media publications including the South China Morning Post, where she founded and wrote the Beijing Byte column. Before her career in journalism, she was an early employee at Beijing-based Internet company Sohu.com and worked for Reuters’ new media team in China.

A proud Asian American, Kristie is an Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) lifetime member. As a Correspondent Board Governor at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Kristie engages in student outreach and organizes award-winning photo exhibitions. She also enjoys coaching students and early-career journalists through CNN Academy, the Stanford Alumni Association, and the Asian American Journalists Association.

She holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Stanford University and studied advanced Mandarin Chinese at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.

When Kristie is not in the newsroom, you can find her hiking the Morning Trail (in Hong Kong), cramming Chinese characters with her tutor, or proudly sharing her daughter’s artwork.